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WINDOW Filed Feb. 6, 1962 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 P 9. 2 I3 7 5 f3 9 I3 H. BROsE Dec. 15, 1964 WINDOW 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Feb. 6 1962 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 H. BROSE WINDOW [rive/7mmwwzzw Dec. 15, 1964 Filed Feb. 6, 1962 United States Patent 3,160,926 WINDOW Heinrich Briise, Munsterplatz 33, Ulm (Danube), Germany Filed Feb. 6, 1962, Ser. No. 171,407 1 Claim. (Cl. 20-53) The present invention relates to a window which can be applied to .all types of walls in general, and, for instance, in particular, also with a special advantage to glass brick walls.

Windows for glass brick walls are known, wherein the frame and the wing or wings consist of metal. For the securing of the frame in the wall particular steelmernbers, so called retaining members have been used, which are particularly embedded into the concrete mass of the wall.

It is one object of the present invention, to provide a window which avoids the drawbacks of the known structures by abandoning the construction in the form of metalor light metal frames, and, thereby, to avoid the drawbacks which are inherent in the use of windows of metal or light metal.

It is another object of the present invention, to provide a window which permits an appreciably simpler assembly in the wall. Due to the elimination of the retaining members a greater light penetration is possible than experienced in connection with metal windows. ,T he heat bridge operating to such a disadvantage in connection with metal windows is nearly eliminated by the window designed in accordance with the present invention.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a Window which is applicable for any purpose.

It is still a further object of the present invention, to provide a window which, as proposed for the first time, is designed in such manner that the frame and the wing consist of self-supporting artificial material and the frame is equipped with stays, disposed all around, and with a stop ledge for a better anchoring of the frame in the concrete bed of the wall, for example of a glass brick wall, while the wing carries the receiving ledges for the glass plates and likewise a stop ledge. The stays may have a particular profilein cross-section, for instance, a trapezoidor wedge-shaped design, in order to achieve a safe anchoringin the concrete bed.

The stop ledges provided on the frame and on the wing may be arranged in a complementary manner and, thus, abut on the wing and onthe frame, respectively.

It is furthermore suitable that the inner profiled, receiving ledges for the glass ,plates are disposed slightly higher than the outer receiving ledges, in order to increase the stability of the window against pressures exerted from the outside. The higher ledge prevents additionally the penetration of water into the inner space.

It is also another object of the present invention to provide a window in which the upper median stay of the frame carries a safety rail, in order to give to the total window an additional rigidity and stifiness. The safety rail may be made of metal. It extends laterally over the width of the frame for a predetermined length. If the safety rail is embedded into the structure, it anchors additionally the window in the concrete bed.

It is of advantage during the mounting of the window to insert auxiliary supports between the wing and the frame, which auxiliary supports may be again removed upon termination of the assembly. The auxiliary supports serve the purpose to assume the pressures occurring during the mounting of the window, particularly also during the setting process of the concrete. These auxiliarysupports are preferably of U-shaped structure. They are inserted with both U-legs of this structure into corresponding bores of the window wing and of the window frame, respectively. Upon removal of the auxiliary. supports, these bores serve then as openings for the escape of moisture from the inside space of the window. They can also be closed up, if so desired, by means of a closing member, as by a screw bolt.

The window designed in accordance with the present invention may be formed as a window with rocking wings, rotary wings, turning wings, folding wings or tilting wings.

The window designed in accordance with the present invention is formed without a beam and is a poor heat conductor. Frost formations are excluded.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention will be clearly understood in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a vertical section through the lower part of the window, in which the wing is formed as a rotary wing; 7

FIG. 2 is a' front elevation of a window with a turning wing at a reduced scale; i FIG. 3 is a vertical section along the lines 3-3 of FIG.

2, shown at an enlarged scale;

FIG. 4 is a horizontal section along the lines 4--4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation of two windowscombined to a window band to indicate the joint betweentwo windows;

FIG. 6 is a section along the lines 66 of FIG. 5;

F168. 7 and 8 are a front elevation and a topplan' All parts of the window designed in accordance with the present invention may be of artificial material and may be formed without a beam, thus permitting a very simple manufacturing procedure, which is knownin the working with artificial material masses, or plastics.

The window, designed in accordance with the present invention, may be particularly suitably set, for instance, in glass brick walls.

Referring now to the drawings, and-in particular to FIG. '1, the window is shown inserted into a glass brick wall 1, and on top of the brick wall 1 is disposed a concrete bed 2 which supports the window frame 3 in which the window wing 4 is mounted. The frame 3 is equipped with at least two preferably profiled stays 5 which are disposed around the entire frame, in order to bring about a better connection and anchoring of the frame 3 in the concrete bed 2. In addition a stop ledge 6 consisting of the same material as that of the frame 3 is provided thereon.

The window wings 4 have outer receiving ledges 7 and inner receiving ledges 7, which receiving ledges 7 and 7 are adapted to support and to retain the glass, plates 8.

Furthermore, the window wing 4 carries a stop ledge 9.

In order to prevent a clouding of the glass plates 8, air

holes 1% are provided in the window wing 4. The inner slightly higher receiving ledges 7 serve particularly also the purpose to stop any penetration of rain water into the inside of the window wing 4. Any occurring mois- Referring now again to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 2 to 4, a rocking window is disclosed, inwhich the window wing 4 may be tilted about the horizontal axis 1?. In this case a snap 11 and a catch hook 12 are provided for maintaining the closed position of the window. The stop ledge 6 on the front side of the window extends only along the lower half of the frame 3 below the rotating axis 19. In the upper half of the window a stop ledge 9 is provided on the window wing 4 on the same front side of the window. On the other hand, on the back side of the window, the stop ledges 9 are arranged always in the lower half of the window wing 4 and the stop ledges 6 are disposed on the upper half In accordance with the present invention the upper median stay 5 of the frame 3 can carry an inverted rail 13, which may be made of metal, and which, as shown in FIG. 3, extends laterally over thewidth of the frame 3 for a predetermined length. These projecting ends of the inverted rail 13 are anchored in the concrete bed 2. Additionally, the inverted rail 13 has the characteristic,

due to its preferably angular shape, which is made complementary to the profile of the stay 5, that it can sustain great pressures exerted from above. The window of artificial material is thereby correspondingly relieved from such pressures.

Depending upon the application of the window, namely as a rock-wing window, a rotary-wing window, a turningwing window, a folding-wing window or a tilting-wing window, the rotating axes and hinges, respectively, are arranged in the same manner as it has been done before in the'known windows of this type. b

v In accordance with another development of the present invention, a plurality of windows can be coupled together to form a window band, that means two or more windows are set in one row and connected by means of coupling means. The joints between the individual window wing members can be-bridged over by cover ledges.

Referring new again to the drawings, and in particular to FIG. 5, it is shown how two windows with their frames 3 and ledges 6 are arranged in a single row. A slot is formed between the stays 5, The median stays disposed opposite each other are connected together by means of coupling members and 21. The latter have the shape of the profileof the median stays 5 and extend as to their height ry i h IGS- 7 an The oupl members 20 and 21 are connected by means of sprew bolts 22. The slots between the outer stays are bridged over on their top by means of cover ledges 23. These cover ledges 23 carry holding members, as clamping springs 24. The latter'extend through the slot 25 and behind the outer stays 5 of the frame 3. In this manner a window wall is created which is closed on both sides. While I have disclosed several embodiments of the present invention, it is to be understood that these embodi- 5 ments are given by example only and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the present invention being determined by the objects and the claim.

I claim: A window assembly of artificial material adapted to be mounted in a wall of glass bricks, comprising at least two side-by-side window units, window frames including top, bottom and side elements, window wings swingably mounted. on. said frames, a plurality of stays projecting outwardly from said frames, said stays being adapted to be received by a wall surrounding said window frames, at least one glass plate secured in each of said window wings, at least said window frames having a width substantially identical with that of a glass brick forming a wall receiving said window assembly and being selfcarrying, said stays being thickened at their outer ends remote from said window wing, said window frames and said window wings being disposed symmetrically to an imaginary center plane disposed parallel to said glass plates, cooperating inner and outer. stop ledges disposed 'along the periphery of said window assembly and forming part of said window frames and part of said window wings, respectively, said pluarity of stays comprising at least two outer staysand a center stay, an inverted rail surrounding the center stay of the top frame element in order to enforce said center stay and to assume great pressures from above, and coupling members of a configuration complementary to that of said center stay of said window frames and disposed between and securing together said side-byside window units.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 954,007 12/56 Germany. 7 HARRISON R. MOSELEY, Primary Examiner. 55 D- BE N; N M N E E xam n s 

